REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Shareholder brought breach of fiduciary duty action against corporation and its directors in connection with approval of merger. Issue concerned the validity of the forum selection clause in the corporate bylaws.
- Shareholder derivative action. Issue was whether action was pleaded with sufficient particularity.
- Supplier sued corporations and an individual for contract breach and misrepresentation. On appeal from summary judgment for individual, issues concerned alter ego liability of individual for corporate actions.
- Former minority shareholders and employees sued former majority shareholders, officers and directors in connection with a merger alleging breach of fiduciary duty. Issue was whether action was barred by a statute limiting judicial remedies for dissenting shareholders.
- Shareholder derivative action. Issue was whether holder of unexercised options had standing to bring such an action.
- Minority shareholders brought derivative and individual actions against majority shareholders and directors. Issue concerned which limitations periods applied.